Santiniketan - Visva-Bharati, founded by Rabindranath Tagore and now a central university and an institution of national importance, is located here. It is about 90 km from Asansol.
Vishnupur - the famous terracotta temple town and home to major art and craft is about 100 km from Asansol. The Bankura horse, symbol of Indian handicrafts is produced at Panchmura, near Vishnupur. It is also the home of the Baluchari sari, initially woven with Ramayana and Mahabharata motifs but now modernised.
Kendubillo â temple and birthplace of Sanskrit poet Joydeb, on the banks of the Ajay river, is about 80 km from Asansol. Makar sankranti mela with bauls religious singers with a detached philosophy and spontaneity of their own participating is held in mid January.
Bakreshwar â hot spring and temple is about 70 km from Asanasol.
Durgapur - 30 km from Asansol.
Dhanbad - 60 km from Asansol.
